Silent presence for 400 years

It is a trek that’s more of a pilgrimage. For a climb up the hill in Zamin Pallavaram leads to Asthana-E-Moula Ali Dargah (popularly known as Moula Ali dargah), believed to be more than 400 years old. The place exudes an air of tranquillity, away from the madding crowd. The first look and you know for sure that here is a place of worship that has many hidden tales dating back to several centuries. As you enter the precincts of the dargah, you cannot help but think, “How many Chennai residents know that such an old dargah sits pretty atop the Pancha Pandavar...